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Sex identification of the extant mega mammal, the lowland tapir, Tapirus terrestris (Tapiridae, Mammalia), by means of molecular markers: new outlook for non-invasive samples

dc.contributor.authorPelizzon, Cristiane [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorda Silva Carvalho, Carolina [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorCaballero, Susana
dc.contributor.authorGaletti Junior, Pedro Manoel
dc.contributor.authorSanches, Alexandra
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidad de los Andes
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-11T17:10:46Z
dc.date.available2018-12-11T17:10:46Z
dc.date.issued2017-03-01
dc.description.abstractThe knowledge of the sex ratio of threatened populations or species is pivotal since sub-optimal sex ratios can affect negatively the population growth and resilience. The vulnerable species, Tapirus terrestris, is rarely studied through traditional field methods and non-invasive genetic analyses have been employed using feces as source of DNA. Here, we evaluated two molecular markers for sex identification of tapirs. Amelogenin gene (AMEL) which is shorter in the Y chromosome (−20pb), failed in the determination of the sex of tapirs, even after the design of specific primers for the species. SRY marker, co-amplified with zinc-finger gene (ZF), had successful produced the sex identity for blood and scat samples. From a total of 45 feaces, 29 had the sex identified after three PCRS (64.4 %). In this way, these molecular markers are reliable tools for sex ratio determination using non-invasive samples of natural populations of this tapirs.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Ecologia Universidade Estadual Julio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP Rio Claro), Av. 24 A
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Ciencias Biológicas Universidad de los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-10
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Genética e Evolução Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar campus São Carlos), Rodovia Washington Luiz, km 235
dc.description.affiliationCentro de Ciências da Natureza Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar campus Lagoa do Sino), Rodovia Lauri Simões de Barros, km 12, SP-189
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Ecologia Universidade Estadual Julio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP Rio Claro), Av. 24 A
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2007/04073-1
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2013/19377-7
dc.format.extent17-19
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12686-016-0607-y
dc.identifier.citationConservation Genetics Resources, v. 9, n. 1, p. 17-19, 2017.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12686-016-0607-y
dc.identifier.file2-s2.0-85015998140.pdf
dc.identifier.issn1877-7260
dc.identifier.issn1877-7252
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85015998140
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/174365
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofConservation Genetics Resources
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,430
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,430
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAmelogenin
dc.subjectSexing
dc.subjectSRY
dc.subjectTapir
dc.subjectZFX/ZFY
dc.titleSex identification of the extant mega mammal, the lowland tapir, Tapirus terrestris (Tapiridae, Mammalia), by means of molecular markers: new outlook for non-invasive samplesen
dc.typeArtigo
dspace.entity.typePublication
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Rio Claropt
unesp.departmentEcologia - IBpt

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